US Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team: 5 Fast Facts to Know

It should be stale by now. "The one thing that really attaches with the players is it stays with you forever", Hitchcock said. "Every time we wear Canada on our chest there is so much pride there, especially when we play them". "You get a little bit older, you're smarter".

While Patrick Kane, Auston Matthews, Phil Kessel, Brock Boeser, Ryan McDonagh slog through the winter dog days of an interminable National Hockey League season that breaks for Christmas, bye weeks and All-Star activities, but not the Games.

"For whatever reason I couldn't get it in Ottawa when they had (Daniel) Alfredsson there", he added, tongue in cheek. "All you're looking for is an opportunity to make the most and be the best that you can be for that period of time". They're always super competitive, intense. So if you want to watch, make yourself a cup of coffee because it should be a great game!

Roe, a native of Vienna, Virginia, learned the game from his father, Larry, who coached and played the sport and made sure his sons were able to do the same. This wonderful group of ladies has a great chance of bringing home the first women's hockey gold medal for the United States since the 1998 Olympics. But his time in the Kontinental Hockey League has also taught the goalie from Spruce Grove, Alta., a few things about some of the shooters he and his counterparts in the Canadian net will be facing in Pyeongchang.

Dating back to 1990, the historical edge still goes to the Canadians, with 81 wins to 62 losses. But the Americans have owned the upper hand since Canada won gold at the Sochi Olympics in 2014, with a 15-12 record in Four Nations, World Championships and exhibition play. Amanda Kessel is a two-time Olympian and won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey, in 2013. "It could go into overtime or a shootout and this team will definitely be prepared for all those moments". We all know that once the Super Bowl is over, the sports calendar is a barren wasteland until March Madness.

What: Named captain of Canada's Olympic men's hockey team for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. But it's not a complete gimme, according to alternate captain Meghan Agosta. We're going to be a team that's extremely hard to play against and hopefully extremely hard to beat. "There's a lot of great hockey players and I like the makeup of our team personally, but I think the competition is going to be extremely tough".

Well, yes, they have lost twice to Sweden and once to Finland, and tied each of those countries once. The candid and sometimes emotional exchange with reporters in the same room where he was introduced as the 18th head coach in franchise history three years earlier included thank-yous, reflection and an honest assessment of his performance. "They were never going to be a part of the Olympic experience". The team's senior players were swift and precise, sharing a clearly stated message and keeping players in the national team pool and development system on it. He shared with his fans the struggles and uncertainty that he was facing in an emotional Instagram post: "I am young, ambitious, hungry, and motivated".

The result is a US roster filled with former NHL players, college athletes, players in the American Hockey League and primarily players who are now playing in European leagues.

The team, who are officially known in Pyeongchang as Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) after the country was banned for a doping scandal resulting from the last Games in Sochi, were once a powerhouse of ice hockey during the Soviet era.

But we're getting ahead of ourselves.

"I think this is going to turn out to be a special Olympics because you've got a large group of guys who probably thought their window had passed", Motzko said.

This version of the US team is faster and can move the puck more quickly than its predecessors.

"That only bodes well for the future at the senior level".

Garrett Roe and the USA men's hockey team begin play on Wednesday, Feb. 14 against Slovenia.

Returning is forward Marie-Philip Poulin, who leads the team with eight goals and twelve points during Olympic games. "Now, where I am in this phase, it is unbelievable that you have all these great athletes in one place". "It is taking time, but it is coming along".

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